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In reply to the discussion: Clapper & Feinstein finally admit that ALL phone records going back 7 years are being collected [View all]Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)26. Finally admit?
Yeah opposed to "listening" in on everyone's phone calls. A stored file of 300 million numbers just waiting to be accessed to match the foreigners phone number.
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Clapper & Feinstein finally admit that ALL phone records going back 7 years are being collected [View all]
TakeALeftTurn
Jun 2013
OP
"The reason the authorities didn't stop Boston is because anti-terror is not the priority." BINGO.
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#1
That last paragraph is the most disengenous bit of balderdash I have read lately.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#21
Copying data from one computer to another is easily discovered so it's not the same...
randome
Jun 2013
#33
Clapper, who is a Booz Allen man says they have gathered it all up. So keep barfing up
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#17
What does 'can't' mean? Is it like the Easter Bunny 'can't' be a day early or what?
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#22
The law also said that they couldn't indiscriminately take our information. But they did it, didn't
Th1onein
Jun 2013
#78
It's 'democratic' in the sense that all 3 branches of the government are involved.
randome
Jun 2013
#59
No it is not, at best it shows they are miserable at their jobs, at worst that they are
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#15
But you do understand that this is not about your ability to sleep at night?
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#23
You're right. Wanting to 'fix' an agency doesn't require total trust or mis-trust.
randome
Jun 2013
#38
The reason is the same as 9/11: the Tsarnaevs were part of a CIA program. They aren't investigated
leveymg
Jun 2013
#27
Yes, the NSA does spy on Americans, nearly all of us from what we can tell so far.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#28
Money is the priority. These multi-Billion dollar 'security' Contractors NEED work to do in order to
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#49
And meanwhile, they pre-emptively target peaceful protesters--because THEY are the threat to TPTB.
snot
Jun 2013
#74
The Federal Oligarch Protection Agency Will Insure Main Street Is Prosecuted Despite The Constitution
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#2
No - it was just collatoral damage that's considered acceptable to some in gov't.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#35
Terrorist attacks have happened over and over again since '93. They are largely preventable.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#53
Agreed. That's why the charges should have been 3000 counts manslaughter, reckless disregard,
leveymg
Jun 2013
#61
To his credit, Obama shut down the program that used Awlaki to repeatedly attract AQ terrorists
leveymg
Jun 2013
#68
I'm not saying US casualties are the goal, just that they are foreseeable. Second, if the same high
leveymg
Jun 2013
#114
If the same error gets repeated over and over with an expectation of change, it is an insane policy.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#118
The policy of running Counterterror programs around double-agents didn't change
leveymg
Jun 2013
#120
I have no problem with infiltrating hostile groups, but I have a big problem with allowing these
leveymg
Jun 2013
#122
He told Congress in March that the National Security Agency does not intentionally
morningfog
Jun 2013
#47
You are citing the liar trying to defend his lie after he was caught? Hahahaha.
morningfog
Jun 2013
#94
Even he conceded he was untruthful. He clearly lied. I look forward to more lies
morningfog
Jun 2013
#96
He's already made two contradictory statements. Clarity is no longer availible.
morningfog
Jun 2013
#100
You are assuming an awful lot of trust for something that has absolutely zero oversight
TakeALeftTurn
Jun 2013
#116